Weather-strip.



er-Strip, of which the following is a specificacitizen of the United States, residing at NVai UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES II. KEDING, OF WAVERLY, IOlVA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,356, dated August 21, 1900.

n Application filed June 29, 1900. lSerial No. 22,051. (No model.)

T0 all r11-71,0111! it wwf/y concern: A Beit known that I, CHARLES H. KEDING, av

verly, in the county of Bremer and `State of Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Weathtion. A

The invention relates to improvements in weather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of Weather-strips and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eilicient one possessing great strength and durability and adapted to be readily applied to a door and capable of glosing automatically against the sill when the door is closed and of swinging upward automatically t0 clear the carpet or iioor when the'door is opened. v

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a weather-strip constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, the door being closed. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the hinged strip and the pintle thereof.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l'desgnates a hinged weather-strip constructed of stout sheet metal or other suitable material and provided at its upper edge with centraland end iianges 2 and 3, extending longitudinally of the strip and curved in opposite directions for engaging the central and end portions of a horizontal pintle 4. The horizontal pintle et has its ends bent at right angles to form arms 5, which are embedded in the door 6, to which the weather-strip is applied, and the central or intermediate iian ge 2, which is interposed between the pintle and the door, presents a concave front face to the former. The end fianges 3, which are curved rearward, extend over the end portions of the pintle, which is of greater length than the central or intermediate flange to permit the pose hereinafter described. The intermediate and end iianges, which are formed integral with the hinged strip by splitting the same at opposite sides of the center and curving the split portions or flanges, are adapted to be readily engaged with the pintle and form an inexpensive construction for hinging the strip to a door.

The hinged strip is protected bya fixed strip 8, secured to the door ata point above the hinged strip and extending outward and down ward to shed Water and prevent the same from percolating through the space between the door and the upper edges of the hinged strip at the hinge-joint. The fixed strip is provided at its lower or outer edge with an inwardly-extending flange 9, which projects below the hinge-joint, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.

The hinged strip is provided near the inner or pivoted edge of the door with a substanA tially L-shaped arm 10, which engages an eye 11 of one side or arm 12 ofa substantially V- shaped frame 13, and the other side or arm 14 is adjnstably secured to the' door and is adapted to be arranged at different points to increase the tension of the sprin g should such adjustment become necessary. The V-shaped spring is provided at its apex with a coil 15, forming an eye and receiving a fastening de; vice 16, and the outer end of the side or arm 14 is provided with an eye 17, adapted to re ceive a fastening device 18, and the fasten 'projecting end 19 ofthe weather-strip engages the plate 20 and the weather-strip is forced inward against the action of the spring, and the arm or side 12, which is disposed at an inclination, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, causes the weather-strip to swing downward simultaneouslywith its inward movement, whereby the hinged weather-strip is forced tightly against the sill and is held against the same by spring-pressure and is capable of eectually excluding dust, air, and water.. As soon as the door opens the spring throws the hinged strip outward and simultaneously swings the same upward to clear the door-sill and the carpet or other surface.

It will be seen that the weather-stri p is exceedingly sim ple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it consists of few parts, which are not liable to get out of order. I t will also be apparent that the spring may be readily adjusted to increase its tension and that the intermediate and end flanges 2 and 3 of the downward when the door closes, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hinged strip provided at its upper edge with oppositely-curved intermediate and end flanges, a pintle engaged by the anges, said pintle being of greaterlength than the intermediate liange and provided withmeans for engaging the door, a fixed strip extending over the upper portion of the hinged stri p, an arm arranged on the exterior of the hinged strip, and a spring adjustably mounted on the door and connected 'with the exterior arm, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hinged strip provided at its upper edge with oppositely-disposed intermediate andl end iianges, a pintle engaged by the auges, said pintle being of greatery length than the intermediate flange to permit the hinged strip to move longitudinally, and a spring connected with the hinged strip, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES I'I. KEDING.

Witnesses:

BURTON E. SWEET, W. H. CoA'rs. 

